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I remember
You telling
That you saw my poem
Somewhere
Wandering
Asking spring its name
Everything happened in a trice
Yesterday,
An Ilenjhi sprout in front of me,
All of a sudden.
Didn’t get time
To sigh
Much less
To think.
My poem
Named spring
Ilenjhi
Ilenjhi Ilenjhi..
Weeping, laughing
Confounded with joy
I saw the poem
Give it
Hundreds and hundreds of kisses.
With all that
Watering
It must certainly
Have choked
A drop
Must surely
Have got to its head
Have to give it
One more glass of water
And some gentle taps on the head
Let me go.
Translator - Shyma P
Ilenjhi - Tree bearing fragrant flowers and a verdant canopy.